Andrew Freeman reports: Authorities confirmed Thursday that medical records were stolen in addition to mail, in two identity theft arrests made last month. We’ve been violated as a hospital, the community’s been violated, and we suffered the theft of some records that was inappropriate, and will not happen again.” Mercy Health Love County administrator Richard…
Category: Breach Incidents
Accused Yahoo hacker Karim Baratov to fight extradition if deal with U.S. can’t be reached
Well, of course he’ll fight extradition of there’s no deal. Why wouldn’t he??
Schools’ information up for sale on darknet?
Another listing I stumbled across while browsing what’s for sale on the darknet offered emails from what the seller claimed are .edu, dadeschools.net, and k12.wi.us, among other sources. The vendor, “dnu2k,” was asking $16.94 and claimed to have “Only 1 in stock!” I contacted the vendor to try to obtain more information, and (s)he replied that…
Veterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases breach reports
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…
Detroit Medical Center reports data breach affecting 1,500
The Detroit Medical Center announced a data breach of health information that involves about 1,500 patients seen at one of its facilities in 2015 and 2016. The health system announced today that a staffing agency contracted by the DMC notified hospital officials that one of the agency’s employees provided the information to unauthorized people who weren’t…
Ca: Community Care discloses ransomware incident
I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised to read how this non-profit had a great response to a ransomware attack. Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold is still reeling from a cyberattack that shut its computers down for more than a week. The local food bank’s CEO, Betty-Lou Souter, said Community Care’s systems…